Its story

HIP 31080 has a visual magnitude of about 7.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31080: right ascension 6h 31m 19s, declination +53° 46′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 31080. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31080, HD 45576, Gaia DR3 993026129945334016. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.